Racks can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| rack - work on a rack; "rack leather" | ||
| rack - torture on the rack | ||
| rack - put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera" | ||
| rack - seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | ||
| rack - stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains" | ||
| rack - draw off from the lees; "rack wine" | ||
| rack - fly in high wind | ||
| rack - torment emotionally or mentally | ||
| rack - obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him" | ||
| rack - run before a gale | ||
| rack - go at a rack; "the horses single-footed" | ||
Noun |
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| rack - framework for holding objects | ||
| rack - a support for displaying various articles; "the newspapers were arranged on a rack" | ||
| rack - a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | ||
| rack - an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | ||
| rack - rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton | ||
| rack - a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body | ||
| rack - the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin" |
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| 1. | noun | When you get into a commuter train, you see the briefcases neatly stacked on the racks. | |
| 2. | noun | From that time forward he kissed her openly, as if she were already his wife, and not by stealth as he had been wont to do, and he assisted her in all her work, milking her ewes for her, setting her cheese on the racks, and placing her lambs under their dams, as he did with his own kids. | |
| 3. | noun | In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching. | |
| 4. | noun | I've installed towel racks before, you know. | |
| 5. | noun | Towel racks, shower heads, and toilet-roll holders are bathroom accessories. | |
| 6. | noun | No one uses roof racks on cars anymore. | |
| 7. | noun | The newspapers were arranged on a rack. | |
| 8. | noun | I'd go back if I could get the last minute rate again of $99, but I wouldn't pay their rack rate. | |
| 9. | noun | That car has a roof rack. | |
| 10. | noun | Hang your coat and hat up on the rack over there. | |
| 11. | noun | I left my bag on the overhead rack in the train. | |
| 12. | noun | She left her bag behind on the rack when she got off the train. | |
| 13. | noun | Well then I'll allow two on a bike, but you pedal, because I'll ride on the rack. | |
| 14. | noun | If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack. | |
| 15. | noun | Please help me to bring my suitcase down from the luggage rack. | |
| 16. | verb | Rack leather. | |
| 17. | verb | Rack a camera. | |
| 18. | verb | Rack one's brains. | |
| 19. | verb | Rack wine. | |
| 20. | verb | Rack your brains a little harder. | |
| 21. | verb | We need to rack our brains some more. | |
| 22. | verb | Even if you rack your brains over it, you won't solve it. | |
| 23. | verb | Son, don't rack your brains over this problem, we'll solve it on our own. | |
| 24. | verb | Rack off, hairy legs! | |
| 25. | verb | After being abandoned for years, the old house went to rack and ruin. | |
| 26. | verb | Could you fix that towel rack? It's loose. | |
| 27. | verb | He installed the towel rack himself. | |
| 28. | verb | Where do you want to put that towel rack? | |
| 29. | verb | I hope I didn't rack your brain too hard with all these thoughts. | |
| 30. | verb | Rack your brains a little harder. |
| Sentence | |
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| noun | |
| When you get into a commuter train, you see the briefcases neatly stacked on the racks. | |
| From that time forward he kissed her openly, as if she were already his wife, and not by stealth as he had been wont to do, and he assisted her in all her work, milking her ewes for her, setting her cheese on the racks, and placing her lambs under their dams, as he did with his own kids. | |
| In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center campus in Greenbelt, Maryland, thousands of computers packed in racks the size of vending machines hum in a deafening chorus of data crunching. | |
| I've installed towel racks before, you know. | |
| Towel racks, shower heads, and toilet-roll holders are bathroom accessories. | |
| No one uses roof racks on cars anymore. | |
| The newspapers were arranged on a rack. |
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| I'd go back if I could get the last minute rate again of $99, but I wouldn't pay their rack rate. |
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| That car has a roof rack. | |
| Hang your coat and hat up on the rack over there. | |
| I left my bag on the overhead rack in the train. | |
| She left her bag behind on the rack when she got off the train. | |
| Well then I'll allow two on a bike, but you pedal, because I'll ride on the rack. | |
| If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack. | |
| Please help me to bring my suitcase down from the luggage rack. | |
| verb | |
| Rack leather. |
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| Rack a camera. |
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| Rack one's brains. |
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| Rack wine. |
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| Rack your brains a little harder. | |
| We need to rack our brains some more. | |
| Even if you rack your brains over it, you won't solve it. | |
| Son, don't rack your brains over this problem, we'll solve it on our own. | |
| Rack off, hairy legs! | |
| After being abandoned for years, the old house went to rack and ruin. | |
| Could you fix that towel rack? It's loose. | |
| He installed the towel rack himself. | |
| Where do you want to put that towel rack? | |
| I hope I didn't rack your brain too hard with all these thoughts. | |
| Rack your brains a little harder. | |